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发帖数: 61690 | 1 But the eight met in private before each committee hearing, hashing out
which amendments they would support and which oppose as a united coalition.
Senate aides said amendments were rejected if either side felt they would
shatter the deal.
GOP members of the group opposed several tough border-control amendments
from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), and Democrats persuaded the committee chairman,
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), to withdraw a proposal that would have
granted protections to same-sex couples under immigration laws.
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